nurseofalltrades

I have worked LTC for 5 years. This is how our codes are run.... 1st nurse (LPN orRN) on scene takes charge and starts delegating...."U cna go get crash cart" "U other LPN call 911" and so on. The initial charge nurse on scene checks for pulse/breath...

I work in long term care/skilled facility and I have to float to all 3 units. I hate it very much but our staffing is horrible so I dont have a choice

Well my best advice is to follow the rights...right patient, right time, right med, right dose and right route and document, document,document. Everyone makes mistakes but if you follow the mar closely that should help limit med errors. You dont want...

Yes we have a patient who had hiccups for a very long time and was prescribed Thorazine and it worked quickly!

Regardless of my husbands symptoms everything he has is "the gout"... If he has diarrhea he says "I think i have the gout" . No need trying to explain to him what that is ....he is a dork!

Our facility is (to put it mildly) screwed. We dont have enough staff to take care of the residents safely and I have been working anywhere from one to two 16 hour shifts a week in addition to my 12s which is burning me out rapidly. They supposedly h...

Complaining and documenting staffing issues doesnt always work.I work in a LTC/skilled facility and currently have 38 patients to myself during a 6am to 6 pm shift. I have been doing med these med passes for 4 years and each one takes me at least 3 1...

Why was the nurse getting all bijiggity over a BS of 70? I have a gentleman who is 20 or 24 every morning. 70 isnt that low.

I wonder sometimes why they let us work in these conditons. Do they realize how stressed out we are? I mean say I have my usual 38 pts(is my avg) and one falls and one is vomitting and one is combative..How easy would it be for me to make a mistake t...

I posted something similar to this a few weeks ago. I work 6am to 6pm and I too have anywhere from 35 to 40 residents to myself as do the other LPNs. Do we think it is safe? Absolutely not. Our management doesnt give a damn because the work manages t...

Thanks for all of the responses. I work 6am to 6pm shift and have the tremendous workload. In my area there aren't alot of job options.I hate where I am and am afraid that in time I am going to grow to hate nursing because of my work conditions. I re...

At my facility I have a 39:1 patient to nurse ratio. I am so burned out that I often cry on te way home from work. I am in charge of meds,txs,charting, taking orders off and praying like heck that no one falls, gets sick or heaven forbid calls off. W...

Just wondered if anyone knew someone whose sperms were slow swimmers but they managed to father a child?

Well Iwanna from a LTC LPN working there for 4 years so far...it doesnt get any easier. Just when you think you are running on schedule and all is well, something pops up or someone falls and puts u behind. It is a very stressful and demanding job an...

Well Travel50 , I will tell you that I have on average 35-40 patients under my wing. I usually work 2-1030pm which includes two med passes. The first pass lasts about 1 1/2 hours and the second is about 2 hours, so there is half my shift. We do not h...

Oh My! Yes- I can totally relate to your discouragement. i have been in PC then LTC for a total of 4 years and I hate it. Our facility is not run the way it should be. I'm tired of the favoritism and certain things being swept under the rug. Another ...

I know this is not an advice forum, but I am at my wits end.... I have been an LPN for almost two years at a LTC/Skilled facility. Every year when the new classes graduate, we receive some new nurses...some stay, some can't take the stress.(What? D...

Thanks for the advice...Im sure I wont have trouble finding a group to voice their opinion....The newby actually jumped all over my sister (who is an LPN at he same facility) because she didnt give prn pain meds. My sister told her the gentleman in ...

I know this is not an advice forum, but I am at my wits end.... I have been an LPN for almost two years at a LTC/Skilled facility. Every year when the new classes graduate, we receive some new nurses...some stay, some can't take the stress.(What? D...

I work in a dialysis unit in a prison....It has a lot more down time than my LTC job had. We have on average 30 inmates a day divided into two shifts.Honestly I would much rather be working in a hospital somewhere, but the job pays well and the sched...

I would say something to the effect of "I would like to explore opportunities in a new environment and broaden my skills".

I work in a nursing home and a prison

We did ALOT of care plans the first year of Nursing school...If there is anything I can do to help, lemme know.....the books are good tools....after u understand what is involved ( like not using medical dx)

I am an LPN in a LTC/Skilled facility...Starting my RN education this fall....Wish me luck!!!

Have been trying to conceive for a little over a year. Have been told my eggs and his swimmers are ok. Anyone else take awhile to get pregnant? What did u do to help? Drugs? stand on ur head after???LOL:bugeyes: